HOLYOKE GORGE - Hampden County - Massachusetts

1893 Historical Map - Wood Engraving

Approx Image Size: 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 ins
Overall Page Size: 10 1/2 x 7 ins

PRINT SHOWS: MAP SHOWING LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONS - Chicopee Falls, South Hadley Falls, EastHampton, NorthHampton.

HOLYOKE, a city of Hampden county, Massachusetts, U.S.A., in a bend of the Connecticut river, about 8 m. N. of Springfield. Pop. (1880) 21,915; (1890) 35,637; The citys area is about 17 sq. m. The city is served by the Boston & Maine, and the New York, New Haven & Hartford railways, and by an interurban line. Holyoke is characteristically an industrial and mercantile city; it has some handsome public buildings (the city hall and the public library, founded in 1870, being especially noteworthy) and attractive environs. Holyoke is the railway station for Mt Holyoke College, in South Hadley, about 4 m. N. by E. of Holyoke; the city is connected with South Hadley by an electric line. Just above Holyoke the Connecticut leaves the rugged highlands through a rift between Mt Tom (1214 ft.; ascended by a mountain-railway from Holyoke) and Mt Holyoke (954 ft.), and begins a meandering valley course, falling (in the Hadley Falls) in great volume some 60 ft. in about 13/4 m. The water-power was unutilized until 1849, when a great dam (1017 ft. long) was completed, which enabled vast power to be developed along a series of canals laid out from the river.

Excellent Condition. Map Image is clean, clear, sharp with beautiful detail. Intext Bookplate Map with Text on the back. Printed on cream color coated paper.

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